Method for the production of guanosine and 5&#39;-guanylic acid

ABSTRACT

5&#39;&#39;-GUANYLIC ACID, GUANOSINE OR A MIXTURE THEREOF PRODUCED BY CULTURING A MUTANT OF Bacillus pumilus Gottheil, Bacillus megaterium de Bary or Brevibacterium ammoniagenes Breed which requires both (1) adenine and (2) an amino acid and/or a watersoluble vitamin.

United States Patent Masahiko Yoneda Suita;

Makoto Kida, Fuse; 'leluji llemlni, Amagasaki; Ikuo Nogalni, Kyoto; Akira Imada, Nishinomiya; Yuichi Talreuchi, Akashi; Einosuke Ohmura, Nishinomiya, all of Japan Appl. No. 834,933

Filed June 11, 1969 Inventors Patented Sept. 21, 1971 Assignee Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.

Osaka, Japan Priority Feb. 11, 1965 Japan 40/7954 Continuation of application Ser. No. 525,289, Feb. 7, 1966, now abandoned.

METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GUANOSINE AND 5'-GUANYLIC ACID 12 Claims, No Drawings Primary ExaminerAlvin E. Tanenholtz Attorney-Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack ABSTRACT: 5'-guanylic acid, guanosine or a mixture thereof produced by culturing a mutant of Bacillus pumilus Gottheil, Bacillus megaterium de Bary or Brevibacterium ammnniagenes Breed which requires both l adenine and (2) an amino acid and/or a water-soluble vitamin.

METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GUANOSINE AND 5'-GUANYLIC ACID This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 525,289 filed Feb. 7, 1966 and now abandoned.

This invention relates to a method for the production of 5- guanylic acid (hereinafter referred to as 5'GMP) and guanosine. More particularly, this invention relates to a method for the production of 5GMP, guanosine or a mixture of 5GMP and guanosine, which comprises inoculating a mutant, which is induced from a micro-organism selected from the group consisting of Bacillus pumilus Gottheil, Bacillus megaterium de Bary and Brevibacterium ammoniagenes Breed and which requires for its growth both (1) adenine and (2) at least one of amino acid and vitamin, onto a culture medium containing the adenine source and at least one of the amino acid source and the vitamin source, incubating the culture medium until the desired substance has accumulated therein, and recovering the desired substance thus accumulated from the culture medium.

According to the present invention, the incubation of certain mutants induced from micro-organisms belonging to Bacillus pumilus Gottheil, Bacillus megalerium de Bary or Brevibaclerium ammoniagenes Breed brings about accumulation of 5'GMP and/r guanosine in a remarkably large amount in the culture medium, and the '-GMP and guanosine accumulated in this way are easily recoverable from the culture medium. The said mutants cannot grow on a minimal culture medium such as that mentioned in Table 1 (infra) on which wild-type strains of the mutants can grow, but they can grow on a culture medium prepared by the addition to the minimal culture medium of both (1) an adenine source and (2) an amino acid source such as vitamin free casein hydrolyzate and/or vitamin source containing water-soluble vitamins such as vitamin B 8,, 13,, B nicotinic acid amide, folic acid, nicotinic acid and pantothenic acid; in other words, the mutants require (l) adenine and (2) amino acid and/or vitamin for their growth.

Table 1 (Minimal culture medium) glucose 10.0 grams K,HPO, 3.0 grams KH,PO, 1.0 gram Na,SO, 1.0 gram M 580 0.2 gram ferric citrate 0.1 gram biotin 20 milligrams distilled water I liter pH 7.0

' Biotin is added only in the case ofculturing Bacilluspumilus Gottheil.

The object of this invention is to provide a method for preparing 5'-GMP and/or guanosine, which can be efficiently put into practice on an industrial scale with a good yield. This object is realized by inoculating a mutant requiring (l) adenine and (2) amino acid and/or vitamin, of micro-organisms belonging to Bacillus pumilus, Gottheil, Bacillus megaterium de Bary or Brevibacterium ammoniagencs Breed in a culture medium containing both (1) an adenine source and (2) an amino acid source and/or a vitamin source, and incubating the culture medium. (Hereinafter the mutant mentioned above is referred to as adenineand amino acidand/or vitamin-requiring mutant(s) of this invention).

Adenineand amino acidand/ or-vitamin-requiring mutant of this invention is induced by means of a per se conventional technique for the mutation of micro-organisms. More concretely stated, wild-type micro-organisms belonging to Bacillus pumilus Gottheil, Bacillus megaterium de Bary or Brevibacterium ammoniagenes Breed are treated, for example, with ultraviolet rays, X-rays, nitrogen mustard, nitrous acid, etc. Employment of a spontaneously induced adenine and amino acidand/or vitamin-requiring mutant of a micro-organism belonging to Bacillus pumilus Gottheil, Bacillus megalerium de Bary or Brevibacterium ammoniagenes Breed is also within the scope of this invention.

Adenineand amino acidand/or vitamin-requiring mutants of this invention are, for example, Bacillus pumilus Gottheil No. 152-C7 (ATCC No. 19,217), Bacillus pumilus Gottheil No. 152-C-28 (ATCC No. 19,220), Bacillus pumilus Gottheil No. 152-C-30 (ATCC No. 19,219), Bacillus megaterium dc Bary No. 211-46 (ATCC No. 19,218) and Brevibacterium ammoniagenes Breed No. 6-83 (ATCC No. 19,216). Throughout the present specification, ATCC No." indicates an accession Number of American-Type Culture Collection (ATCC), Rockville, Md., USA.

The biological characteristics of the above-mentioned mutants are as follows:

Bacilluspumilus Gottheil No. C7 (ATCC No. 19,217),

No. 152-C28 (ATCC No. 19,220 and No. 152C3O (ATCC No. 19,219):

The characteristics of these strains are the same as those of Bacillus pumilus Gottheil described in the seventh edition of Bcrgeys Manual of Determinative Bacteriology," written by Robert S. Breed et a1. and published by the Williams & Wilkins Company, except that these strains cannot grow on a minimal culture medium such as that mentioned in Table 1 (supra) on which Bacillus pumilus Gottheil can grow, but they can grow on a culture medium prepared by the addition to said minimal culture medium of both an adenine source and an amino acid source such a vitamin free casein hydrolysate [as amino acid, phenylalanine for Bacillus pumilus Gottheil No. 152-C-7 (ATCC No. 19,217), histidine for No. 152-C 28 (ATCC No. 19,220) and methionine for No. 152C-30 (ATCC No.19,219)].

Bacillus megaterium dc Bary No. 21 146 (ATCC No.

The characteristics of this strain are the same as those of Bacillus megaterium de Bary described in the aforesaid edition of Begerys Manual of Determinative Bacteriology," except that this strain cannot grow on a minimal culture medium such as that mentioned in Table 1 on which Bacillus megaterium de Bary can grow, but this strain can grow on a culture medium prepared by the addition to said minimal culture medium of an adenine source, an amino acid source such as vitamin free casein hydrolysate (histidine as amino acid) and a vitamin mixture containing water-soluble vitamin such as vitamin B,, B B B nicotinic acid, nicotinic acid amide, folic acid, pantothenic acid and biotin.

Brevibacterium ammoniagenes No. 683 (ATCC No.

The characteristics of this strain are the same as those of Brevibacterium ammoniagenes Breed described in the aforesaid edition of Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, except that this strain cannot grow on a minimal culture medium such as that mentioned in Table l on which Brevibacterium ammoniagenes Breed can grown, but this strain can grow on a culture medium prepared by the addition to said minimal culture medium of both an adenine source and an amino acid source such as vitamin free casein hydrolysate (tryptophane as amino acid).

For the purpose of the industrial production of 5GMP and/or guanosine by incubating adenineand amino acidand/or vitamin-requiring mutant of this invention, it is in general preferable to use a liquid culture medium. Generally, the incubation is carried out either under static conditions or as a submerged process under aeration and/or agitation, employing a culture medium necessarily containing both (1) an adenine source and (2) an amino acid source and/or a vitamin source. Desirably, the medium may contain assimilable carbon source(s) and digestible nitrogen source(s).

As the adenine source, there may be exemplified adenine itself, a compound which contains adenine component in its molecule and is easily convertible into adenine, or a natural substance containing the latter compound. For example, there (may be employed adenine, adenosine, 3-adenylic acid, succinoadenylic acid, meat extract, cornsteep liquor, polypeptone, and yeast extract.

As the amino acid source, there may be employed amino acid itself such as aspartic acid lysine, threonine, valine,

- natural substances containing said vitamin, such as yeast ex- I tract, polypeptone.

Natural substances containing an adenine source as well as amino acid source and a vitamin source e.g. soybean meal, meat extract, yeast extract, polypeptone, etc. are also generally employable.

As the assimilable carbon source, one or more of the compounds e.g. starch, dextrin, sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose,

glycerol, etc. may be used, and various organic compounds or organic materials such as organic ammonium salts, organic nitrates, urea, etc. may be used not only as the carbon source but also as the digestible nitrogen source in the same way as f inorganic nitrogen source, for example, inorganic ammonium salts such as ammonium sulfate, ammonium carbonate, ammonium phosphate, or various kinds of nitrates such as sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, etc. Furthermore, a small quantity of inorganic salts such as sodium chloride, phosphates, salts of metals such as calcium, zinc, manganese, iron may be added to the medium. Adenine and amino acid sources and/or a vitamin source should be added to the culture medium in a sufficient amount for the growth of adenineand amino acidand/or vitaminrequiring mutant of this invention. Generally, an adenine source is added to the culture medium so as to make its concentration from about mgJl. (milligrams per liter) to about 500 mg./l. when calculated in terms of adenine. The amino acid source is preferably added to the culture medium so as to make its concentration from about 50 mg./l. to about 5 g./l. when calculated in terms of vitamin free casein hydrolysate.

' The vitamin source is preferably added to the culture medium so as to make its concentration from about 2 mg./1. to about 200 mg./l. when calculated in terms of the vitamin mixture mentioned above.

Incubation conditions such as the pH of the medium and the incubation temperature should be controlled so as to accumulate the desired substance(s) in the maximum amount. Generally, the initial pH of the culture medium and the incubation temperature are respectively adjusted to 6.0-8.0 and to 20 to 40 C., preferably 28 C. to 37 C.

Under the above-mentioned culture conditions, the desired substance(s) is, or are, produced and accumulated in the culture medium with the lapse of time.

Incubation is continued until the maximum amount of the desired substance(s) is, or are, accumulated in the culture medium. Although the period required for the maximum accumulation of 5-GMP and/or guanosine is changeable depending upon various factors, generally the amount of the desired substance(s) which has, or have, accumulated in the culture medium reaches a maximum usually between the 2nd day to th day from the start of the incubation.

5 'GMP and/or guanosine accumulated in the culture medium are recovered respectively or in admixture in a free state or in a state of the corresponding salt such as disodium salt, dipotassium salt by simple procedures, e.g. those employing activated charcoal or anion exchange resin.

Following examples are merely intended to illustrate presently preferred embodiments of this invention and not to restrict the scope thereof.

In the present specification as well as in the following exam 5 ples, the abbreviations mg., g., ml., 1. and C. refer respectively to milligram(s), gram(s), milliliter(s), liter(s) and degrees centigrade. Ratio and percentages are volume/volume unless otherwise described.

10 EXAMPLE l Adenine and amino acid double requiring mutant No. l52C-7 (ATCC No. 19,2l7) is induced from Bacillus pumilus Gottheil No. l52 by irradiation with ultraviolet ray ([5 watt) for 5 minutes from a height of 50 cm., followed by penicillin screening [Experientia 66, 41 (l960)] and replica plating [Journal of Bacteriology 63, 399 (1952)].

The Bacillus pumilus Gottheil No. l52C-7 mutant (ATCC No. 19,217) obtained in this way is innoculated on 500 ml. of

the complete medium mentioned below as Table 2, and this is followed by incubation under shaking at 37 C. for 24 hours:

Table 2 (Complete medium) vitaminfrec casein hydrnlysate 8 grams 'polypcptone 2 grams yeast extract 5 grams K,HPO 3 grams lucose 5 grams meat extract 2 grams NaC l 2 grams distilled water l litcr pH 7.0

The culture broth obtained in this way is innoculated on 50 40 liters of the culture medium mentioned below as Table 3, and

the medium is incubated with aeration and agitation at 37 C. for 72 hours. In the culture filtrate, 2.8 mg./ml. of 5-GMP and 3.2 mg./ml. of guanosine are accumulated.

Table 3 (Culture medium) lucose 20.0 grams monosodium glutamate l2.0 grams (NH,),SO, 2.0 grams liaJ'lPO 5.0 grams KH,SO, 2.0 grams Na,SO, 1.0 gram MgSO 0.2 gram CaCl, 0.l gram adenine 0.025 gram vitaminfree casein hydrolysalc 5.0 grams distilled water l liter pH 7.5

The culture filtrate is adjusted to pH 2.5 to yield precipitates. After the precipitates are removed, the filtrate is allowed to pass through a column (50 cm. X 100 cm. CM.) packed with activated charcoal. 5'GMP and guanosine are eluted completely with 100 liters of a mixture of methanol, ammonia and water (49:1:50). After concentration and adjustment of its pH to 8.0, the eluate is allowed to pass through a column (50 cm. X 100 cm.) packed with strongly basic anion exchange resin(chloride form, such as Dowex l X 8, made by the Dow Chemical Co., U.S.A.), whereby 5'GMP and guanosine are adsorbed on the said anion exchange resin.

Guanosine adsorbed onto the anion exchange resin is eluted with 50 liters of 0.001 N-hydrochloric acid solution. The eluate is neutralized and followed by concentration under reduced pressure. Methanol is added to the resultant solution .to make its final concentration 50 percent whereby recipitates are thrown down. The precipitates are recrystallized from hot water to give 121 g. of crude crystals of guanosine.

5'GMP is eluted from the above-mentioned column by passing therethrough 25 liters of 0.01 N-hydrochloric acid solution. Thus-obtained fraction of 5'GMP is allowed to pass through a column (25 cm. X 75 cm.) packed with activated charcoal, 5GMP is then eluted with 20 liters of a mixture of 2 percent ammonium solution and methanol (1:1). After concentration at pH 8.0, methanol is added to the eluate to make its concentration 60 percent. The resultant solution is cooled to 5 C. to yield 109 g. of crude crystals of disodium 5guanylate.

EXAMPLE 2 Adenine and amino acid double requiring mutant No. 152C28 (ATCC No. 19,220) is induced from Bacillus pumilus Gottheil No. 152 by irradiation with ultraviolet ray watt), followed by penicillin screening (described above) and replica plating (described above).

The Bacillus pumilus Gottheil No. 152-C28 mutant (ATCC No. 19,220) obtained in this way is innoculated on 500 ml. of complete medium of Table 2 of example 1, followed by incubation with shaking at 37 C. for 24 hours. The resulting culture broth is innoculated on 50 liters of culture medium of the same composition as that mentioned as table 3 in example 1 and incubated with aeration and agitation at 37 C. for 72 hours. In the culture filtrate, there are accumulated 4.7 mgJml. of5-GMP.

Then the culture filtrate is adjusted to pH 2.5. After the resulting precipitates are removed, the filtrate is allowed to pass through a column (50 cm. X 100 cm.) packed with activated charcoal. 5'GMP is eluted with 40 liters of a mixture of methanol, ammonia and water (4911250). After concentration and adjustment of its pH to 8.0, the eluate is allowed to pass through a column (25cm. X 75 cm.) packed with strongly basic anion exchange resin (formic acid type, such as Dowex 1 X 8, Dow Chemical Co., U.S.A.). After the column is washed with water, 5GMP is eluted from the column by passing first therethrough 150 liters of a mixture of 0.05 N-sodium formate solution and 0.01 N-formic acid solution (1:1), followed by 150 liters of a mixture of 0.1 N-sodium formate solution and 0.1 N-formic acid solution (1:1). Thus-obtained fraction of 5'GMP is allowed to pass through a column (25 cm. X 50 cm.) packed with activated charcoal, and then objective substance is eluted with a mixture of percent ammonium hydroxide solution, methanol and water (5:50:45). After concentration of the eluate, hot (about 60 C.) methanol is added thereto to make its concentration 50 percent. The resultant solution is cooled to 5 C. to yield 187 g. of crude crystals of disodium 5 'guanylate.

EXAMPLE 3 Adenine and amino acid double requiring mutant No. 152-C-30 (ATCC No. 19,219) is induced from Bacillus pumilus Gottheil No. 152 by irradiation with X-ray (50,000 roentgen), followed by penicillin screening (described above) and replica plating (described above).

The mutant is innoculated on 500 ml. of the culture medium mentioned below, followed by incubation under shaking at 30 C. for 24 hours:

Culture medium glucose 50 grams NH cl. 40 grams 4 1 gram MgSO, 0.2 gram FeSO, 0.01 gram vitaminfrce casein hydrolysatc 2 grams yeast extract 3 grams Table -(ontinued olypc tonc 1 gram corn steep liquor 2 grams distilled water 1 liter pH 8.0

The resultant culture broth is innoculated on 50 liters of the culture medium of the same composition as mentioned above, and incubated with aeration and agitation at 30 C. for 96 hours. In the culture filtrate, there are found 63 mg./ml. of guanosine.

The culture filtrate is then adjusted to pH 2.5 to yield precipitates. After the removal of the precipitates, the filtrate is allowed to pass through a column (50 cm. X 100 cm.) packed with activated charcoal. Guanosine is eluted completely with a mixture of methanol, ammonia and water (49:1 :50). After concentration and adjustment to a pH of 8.0 the eluate is allowed to pass through a column (25 cm. X 75 cm.) packed with strongly basic anion exchange resin (formic acid type, such as Dowex l X 8, the Dow Chemical Co., U.S.A.), whereby a portion of the guanosine is adsorbed on the said anion exchange resin and the rest is left in the effluent; Guanosine adsorbed on the anion exchange resin is eluted with a 0.005 N-formic acid solution. The eluate is mixed with the effluent. After concentration of the mixture, ethanol is added to adjust the concentration to 50 percent, whereby precipitates are obtained. The precipitates are recrystallized from hot water to yield 231 g. of crude crystals of guanosine.

EXAMPLE 4 Mutant No. 211-46 (ATCC No. 19,218) is induced from Bacillus megaterium de Bary No. 211 by irradiation with ultraviolet ray (5 watt) for 5 minutes from 50 cm. height, followed by penicillin screening (described above) and replica plating (described above).

So-obtained Bacillus megaterium de Bary No. 211-46 (ATCC No. 19,218) requires each of l) adenine, (2) amino acid and (3) vitamin.

The mutant is innoculated on 500 ml. of culture medium mentioned below, followed by incubation with shaking at 30 C. for 24 hours:

Culture medium glucose 20.0 grams monosodium glutamate 12.0 grams (NH ),SO 20 grams Na HP0 5.0 grams Nal'lJO 2.0 grams Na SO, 1.0 gram MgSO 0.2 gram CaCl, 0.1 gram adenine 0.025 gram vitaminfrec casein hydrolysate 5.0 grams vitamin mixture 10 grams distilled water 1 liter pH 8.0

The vitamin mixture consists of vitamin B1. vitamin B2. vitamin B vitamin B12. nicotinic acid amide. folic acid. nicotinic acid. pantothcnic acid and biotin.

The resultant culture broth is innoculated on 50 liters of the culture medium of the same composition as mentioned above, and incubated with aeration and agitation at 30 C. for hours. In the culture filtrate, 1.5 mgjml. of guanosine is accumulated. The culture filtrate is allowed to pass through a column (50 cm. X 100 cm.) packed with activated charcoal which was previously treated with 2 percent hydrochloric acid. After the column is washed with water, guanosine is eluted from the column by passing therethrough 40 liters of a mixture of methanol, ammonia and water (50:1:49) at a slow rate. Thus-obtained fraction of guanosine is concentrated to give 58.5 g. of crude crystals of guanosine.

EXAMPLE Bacillus megaterium de Bary No. 21 1-46 (ATCC No. 19,218) is innoculated on 50 ml. of the culture medium of the same composition as employed in example 4, followed by incubation under shaking at 37 C. for 22 hours. The resultant culture broth is innoculated on 500 ml. of the culture medium of the same composition as mentioned above, and incubated with aeration and agitation at 37 C. for 96 hours. In the culture filtrate, 4.5 mg./ml. of guanosine is accumulated.

The culture filtrate is treated after the manner described in example 4 to obtain 180.3 g. of crystals of guanosine.

EXAMPLE 6 Adenine and amino acid double requiring mutant No. 683 (ATCC No. 19,216) is induced from Brevibacterium ammoniagenes Breed No. 6 by irradiation of ultraviolet ray watt) for 3 minutes from 50 cm. height, followed by penicillin screening (described above) and replica plating (described above).'

The mutant is innoculated on 500 ml. of the culture medium of the same composition described in example 1 as as l, followed by incubation with shaking at 28 C. for 24 hours. The resultant culture broth is innoculated on 50 liters of the culture broth of the same composition described in example 1 as table 2 and incubated with aeration and agitation at 28 C. for 72 hours. 1n the culture filtrate, 1.8 mg./m1. of guanosine and 1.2 mg./ml. of 5-GMP are accumulated. The culture filtrate is treated after the manner described in example 1 to obtain 71.8 g. of crude crystals of guanosine and 45.3 g. of crude crystals of disodium 5-guany1ate.

EXAMPLE 7 Brevibacterium ammoniagenes Breed No. 6-83 (ATCC No. 19,216) is innoculated on 500 ml. of culture medium mentioned below, followed by incubation with shaking at 28 C. for 24 hours:

Culture medium mannose grams The resultant culture broth is innoculated on 50 liters of the culture medium of the same composition as described above, and incubated with aeration and agitation at 28 C. for 96 hours. In the culture filtrate, 2.8 mg./ml. of guanosine and 2.2

I mg./ml. of5-GMP are accumulated.

The culture filtrate is treated after the manner described in example 1 to yield 1 16.9 g. of crude crystals of guanosine and 88.2 g. of crude crystals of disodium 5'-guanylate.

What is claimed is:

1. A method for producing 5guanylic acid, guanosine or a mixture thereof, which comprises inoculating a mutant, which is induced from a micro-organism selected from the group consistin of Bacillus pumilus Gottheil, Bacillus megaterium de Bary an Brevibacterium ammoniagenes Breed and wh|ch requires both (1) adenine and (2) amino acid selected from the group consisting of aspartic acid, lysine, threonine, valine, alanine, methionine, histidine, crystine, leucine, phenylalanine, tryptophane and a mixture thereof and/or a watersoluble vitamin selected from the group consisting of vitamin B,, B B 8, nicotinic acid, nicotinic acid amide, folic acid, pantothenic acid and a mixture thereof, onto a culture medium containing both (1) adenine source and (2) source of the said amino acid and/or source of the said water-soluble vitamin, incubating the culture medium until objective substance is accumulated therein, and recovering the desired substance from the culture medium.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the mutant is incubated in a culture medium containing adenine source, at least one of the amino acid source and vitamin source, assimilable carbon source, digestible nitrogen source and other nutrients enhancing the growth of the mutant at a temperature of from about 20 C. to about 45 C. under aerobic conditions.

3. A method according to claim 2, wherein the mutant is induced from Bacillus pumilus Gottheil.

4. A method according to claim 2, wherein the mutant is induced from Bacillus megaterium de Bary.

5. A method according to claim 2, wherein the mutant is induced from Brevibacterium a'mmoniagenes Breed.

6. A method according to claim 2, wherein the mutant is Bacillus pumilus Gottheil No. l52C7 (ATCC No. 19,217).

7. A method according to claim 2, wherein the mutant is Bacilluspumilus Gottheil No. l52-C-28 (ATCC No. 19,220).

8. A method according to claim 2, wherein the mutant is Bacillus pumilus Gottheil No. 152-C-30 (ATCC No. 19,219).

9. A method according to claim 2, wherein the mutant is Bacillus megaterium de Bary No. 21 l-46 (ATCC No. 19,218).

10. A method according to claim 2, wherein the mutant is Brevibacterium ammoniagenes Breed No. 682 (ATCC nO. 19,216).

11. A method for producing 5-guanylic acid, guanosine or a mixture thereof, which comprises inoculating a mutant, which is induced from a micro-organism selected from the group consisting of Bacillus pumilus Gottheil and Bacillus megaterium dc Bary and which requires both (1) adenine and (2) amino acid selected from the group consisting of aspartic acid, lysine, threonine, valine, alanine, methionine, histidine, cystine, leucine, phenylalanine, tryptophane and a mixture thereof and/or a water-soluble vitamin selected from the group consisting of vitamin B,, B B B nicotinic acid, nicotinic acid amide, folic acid, pantothenic acid and a mixture thereof, onto a culture medium containing both (1) adenine source and (2) source of the said amino acid and/or source of the said water-soluble vitamin, incubating the culture medium until objective substance is accumulated therein, and recovering the desired substance from the culture medi- 12. A method according to claim 11, wherein the mutant is incubated in a culture medium containing adenine source, at least one of the amino acid source and vitamin source, assimilable carbon source, digestible nitrogen source and other nutrients enhancing the growth of the mutant at a temperature offrom about 20 C. to about 45 C. under aerobic conditions. 

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the mutant is incubated in a culture medium containing adenine source, at least one of the amino acid source and vitamin source, assimilable carbon source, digestible nitrogen source and other nutrients enhancing the growth of the mutant at a temperature of from about 20* C. to about 45* C. under aerobic conditions.
 3. A method according to claim 2, wherein the mutant is induced from Bacillus pumilus Gottheil.
 4. A method according to claim 2, wherein the mutant is induced from Bacillus megaterium de Bary.
 5. A method according to claim 2, wherein the mutant is induced from Brevibacterium ammoniagenes Breed.
 6. A method according to claim 2, wherein the mutant is Bacillus pumilus Gottheil No. 152-C-7 (ATCC No. 19,217).
 7. A method according to claim 2, wherein the mutant is Bacillus pumilus Gottheil No. 152-C-28 (ATCC No. 19,220).
 8. A method according to claim 2, wherein the mutant is Bacillus pumilus Gottheil No. 152-C-30 (ATCC No. 19,219).
 9. A method according to claim 2, wherein the mutant is Bacillus megaterium de Bary No. 211-46 (ATCC No. 19,218).
 10. A method according to claim 2, wherein the mutant is Brevibacterium ammoniagenes Breed No. 6-82 (ATCC nO. 19,216).
 11. A method for producing 5''-guanylic acid, guanosine or a mixture thereof, which comprises inoculating a mutant, which is induced from a micro-organism selected from the group consisting of Bacillus pumilus Gottheil and Bacillus megaterium de Bary and which requires both (1) adenine and (2) amino acid selected from the group consisting of aspartic acid, lysine, threonine, valine, alanine, methionine, histidine, cystine, leucine, phenylalanine, tryptophane and a mixture thereof and/or a water-soluble vitamin selEcted from the group consisting of vitamin B1, B2, B6, B12, nicotinic acid, nicotinic acid amide, folic acid, pantothenic acid and a mixture thereof, onto a culture medium containing both (1) adenine source and (2) source of the said amino acid and/or source of the said water-soluble vitamin, incubating the culture medium until objective substance is accumulated therein, and recovering the desired substance from the culture medium.
 12. A method according to claim 11, wherein the mutant is incubated in a culture medium containing adenine source, at least one of the amino acid source and vitamin source, assimilable carbon source, digestible nitrogen source and other nutrients enhancing the growth of the mutant at a temperature of from about 20* C. to about 45* C. under aerobic conditions. 